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La Canadienne

Canadian-owned · made in Europe · based in Quebec

Montreal footwear brand founded in 1987, selling waterproof-treated leather shoes and boots direct online, through four Canadian stores, and through Saks, Zappos, and Altitude Sports, with most current styles manufactured in Italy and Spain.

Montreal, QC CA · lacanadienneshoes.com

78.6

La Canadienne is a Montreal footwear brand founded in 1987, operated by La Canadienne Enterprises Inc. under Canadian law with a separate US entity that only handles American orders. It sells direct online, through four stores in Montreal and Toronto, and through Saks, Zappos, and Altitude Sports; current product pages show most styles made in Italy and Spain from Italian leather, despite older directory listings describing a Montreal-made waterproof collection.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The site's terms of service name the operating entity as La Canadienne Enterprises Inc., incorporated under Canadian law, with a separate La Canadienne Enterprises USA Inc. that only processes orders shipped to American addresses, and madeinca.ca independently calls it a Canadian company. Corporations Canada's federal search tool is a JavaScript application we could not drive from this session and Quebec's business registry (REQ) returned a 403 to automated requests, so no registry filing was checked directly, and no acquisition or outside owner turned up in any source we could reach.

Manufacturing

52.5 reported

CA 5% · EU 95%

Six current product pages sampled across boots, pumps, and sandals show Origin: Italy for five and Origin: Spain for one, with none showing Canada, which contradicts madeinca.ca's claim that the waterproof collection is made in Montreal. The vendor's own history page describes factories with over 70 years of experience, longer than the 1987-founded brand has existed, which reads as a description of contracted overseas factories rather than an owned Montreal plant, so a small residual share is left for Canada.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The careers page places the head office in Montreal and describes it as supported by local teams, and the stores page lists all four retail locations in Montreal and Toronto. No office, showroom, or warehouse outside Canada is disclosed anywhere on the site.

  • Careers | La Canadienne vendor_statement “La Canadienne was established in 1987 in Montreal. Our head office is supported by dedicated and engaged teams”
  • Our Stores | La Canadienne vendor_statement “273 Laurier West, Montréal, QC H2V 2K1”

Inputs

52.5 reported

CA 5% · EU 95%

The vendor states its signature waterproof leather and suede are made in Italy from Italian hides that are a by-product of the food industry, and every product page we checked lists a European material origin. The storefront runs on Shopify, a Canadian platform, so a small share is attributed to Canada for that dependence.

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